Darts: World-class heavyweights set for a showdown in Leeds

LEEDS WILL host a blockbuster showdown between two of darts’ all-time greats next month.

Sixteen-time world champion Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor will take on Dutch master Raymond van Barneveld – winner of five world titles – when the PDC Betway Premier League visits the First Direct Arena on Thursday, February 16.

The match-up is a repeat of the duo’s world final of a decade ago when van Barneveld beat Taylor in a sudden-death deciding leg in what is rated by many as the greatest darts game of all time.

Taylor, who has won the Premier League six times, will be out for revenge after being knocked out of the 2016-17 world championship by the Dutchman at the quarter-final stage.

After dropping down the world rankings, to no6, Taylor was granted a wildcard entry to continue his ever-present run in the Premier League.